> On Mon, 8 Sep 1997 22:11:28 +0200 (MET DST) 
>  Christoph Badura <bad@ora.de> wrote:
> 
>  > On the other hand, a process' enviroment includes more then what
>  > environ points to.  E.g. file descriptors and signal settings.
>  > 
>  > I'm just trying to push this idea to its (reasonable) limits.
> 
> I think a reasonable solution might be:
> 
> 	- New sysctl level: kern.coredumpdir
> 
> 		- .enabled
> 		- .dir
> 		- .format
> 
> 	- Kernel compile options to set the defaults.

How is the name "kern.coredumpdir" and the notion of having a core
dump in "." with a nonstandard name format "compatible"?

I think a better sysctl name is in order.


cgd